Set-up RenderScript in Android Studio

Question

I\'m desperately trying to set-up RenderScript in Android Studio. According to this manual http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/renderscript/compute.html#ide-setup I ha

Answer 1

1. Open Android Studio.
2. Select "File/New/New Project..."
3. Press Next
4. Select "Phone and Tablet" and Minimum SDK: 4.4.
5. Press Next.
6. Select "Blank Activity".
7. Press Next.
8. Press Finish.
9. Right-click at the top of hierarchy tree on the left ("app").
10. Select "New/Folder/RenderScript folder".
11. Press Finish.
12. Copy a working renderscript file to newly created "rs" folder.
13. Double-click on "Gradle Scripts/build.gradle (Module: app).

14. Insert

    renderscriptTargetApi 18
    renderscriptSupportModeEnabled true
    

at the end of defaultConfig section.

15. Press Ctrl-F9 to build your project.

Answer 2

There was a bug related to renderscriptTargetApi 21+. This has now been fixed in gradle-plugin 2.1.0 and Build-Tools 23.0.3. Use the code below:

buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.1.0'
    }
}


android {
    compileSdkVersion 23
    buildToolsVersion "23.0.3"
    ...
}

The documentation for IDE setup has also been corrected: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/renderscript/compute.html#ide-setup